Posted May 4, 200816 yr Hello can there be any way of cleaning lambda sensors at all if so what can you use thats fine and causes no damge? Just not heard any body say about this before cause they can soon get coverd up in soot carbon
May 4, 200816 yr Hello can there be any way of cleaning lambda sensors at all if so what can you use thats fine and causes no damge? Just not heard any body say about this before cause they can soon get coverd up in soot carbon afaik your not even supposed to touch the actual sensor end in any form, neveermind cleaning it.... ....begs the question tho.............why?
May 4, 200816 yr Author Hello can there be any way of cleaning lambda sensors at all if so what can you use thats fine and causes no damge? Just not heard any body say about this before cause they can soon get coverd up in soot carbon afaik your not even supposed to touch the actual sensor end in any form, neveermind cleaning it.... ....begs the question tho.............why? Just thought would ask about it cause not heard anybody mension about it before
May 4, 200816 yr sorry stu but i must disagree in 13 years of repairing cars that fail mot's because of a faulty lambda sensor 50% of the time cleaning it with a wire wheel will correct a incorrect signal from a lambda sensor
May 5, 200816 yr The lambda sensor is a consumable item that lasts for something like 60-70k miles iirc. Cleaning it as scortmad suggests MAY prolong its life a little but your soon be replacing it anyway
May 5, 200816 yr sorry stu but i must disagree in 13 years of repairing cars that fail mot's because of a faulty lambda sensor 50% of the time cleaning it with a wire wheel will correct a incorrect signal from a lambda sensor Considering the element that measures anything is deep inside the sensor where you can't get to it, then I doubt that greatly.
May 5, 200816 yr just getting the car hot and up to temperature with a good thrashing down the road will burn of any soot around the sensor and pass an emission test providing its not a rancid air filter etc causing the problem
May 5, 200816 yr sorry stu but i must disagree in 13 years of repairing cars that fail mot's because of a faulty lambda sensor 50% of the time cleaning it with a wire wheel will correct a incorrect signal from a lambda sensor Considering the element that measures anything is deep inside the sensor where you can't get to it, then I doubt that greatly. this only my own personal experience and i am not trying to start a argument but this dose work and has been proven from the readings on a sun scope and snapon cat tester both calibrated when thet should be. speedy yes quick fix and will work (i've not done that since a fiesta let me see its con rod)
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